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Drawing with shapes

Learn to draw houses, trees and more by joining simple shapes: circles, squares, rectangles and triangles.

Get the whole book: Drawing and craft for classes 1 and 2 (4 lessons, free to print)

Let us begin

The big idea

Everything you see can be drawn with simple shapes. A ball is a circle and a door is a rectangle. Let us draw a house and a sun with shapes!

A circle is round like a wheel or a roti. It has no corners.

A square has 4 sides that are all the same length, and 4 corners. A rectangle also has 4 sides and 4 corners, but it has two long sides and two short sides.

A triangle has 3 sides and 3 corners. The roof of a house often looks like a triangle.

To draw a picture, put shapes together. Start with the big shapes first. Then add the small shapes. Last, colour your picture.

A house made from shapesA house with a triangle roof, a square wall and a rectangle door, with a circle for the sun in the sky. Each shape is labelled. Triangle roof Square wall Rectangle door Circle sun
Four shapes together make a house and a sun.

Worked examples

See how it works

  1. A house

    Draw a square for the wall. Put a triangle on top for the roof. Draw a small rectangle for the door. Draw a circle in the sky for the sun. That is 4 shapes: 1 square, 1 triangle, 1 rectangle and 1 circle.

  2. A tree

    Draw a tall rectangle for the trunk. Draw a big circle on top for the leaves. Now you have a tree made of 2 shapes.

  3. A fish

    Draw a circle for the body. Draw a triangle at the back for the tail. Add a tiny circle for the eye. The fish is made of 3 shapes.

Try it at home

My shape picture

You will need

  • A sheet of paper
  • A pencil
  • Crayons or colour pencils
  • A round lid to trace (optional)

What to do

  1. Draw a big square in the middle of the paper.
  2. Draw a triangle on top of the square to make a roof.
  3. Add a rectangle for the door and small squares for windows.
  4. Trace a round lid or draw a circle for the sun.
  5. Colour every shape. Count how many circles, squares, triangles and rectangles you used.

Ask a grown-up: An adult can help you find a safe round lid to trace and can admire the finished picture.

Practice sheet

Check what you learned

Write your answers in a notebook, or print this sheet and write on it. When you finish, mark your work with the answer key.

Practice sheet: Drawing with shapes (Classes 1-2, Drawing and craft)

  1. How many sides does a triangle have?
  2. How many corners does a square have?
  3. Which shape has no corners?
  4. Which shape is a door like?
  5. Which two shapes can you use to draw the wall and roof of a simple house?
  6. A ball looks like which shape when you draw it?
  7. How many sides does a rectangle have?
  8. Name one thing in your classroom that is shaped like a rectangle.
  9. Which two shapes can you use to draw a tree?
  10. You drew 1 square, 1 triangle and 1 circle. How many shapes did you draw in all?

Answer key

Answers: Drawing with shapes

Do the practice sheet first, then check here. If an answer is different from yours, read the lesson again and try once more.

  1. 3 sides.
  2. 4 corners.
  3. The circle.
  4. A rectangle.
  5. A square (or rectangle) for the wall and a triangle for the roof.
  6. A circle.
  7. 4 sides.
  8. Sample answer: the blackboard, the door or a book. Any rectangle-shaped thing is right.
  9. A rectangle for the trunk and a circle for the leaves.
  10. 3 shapes (1 + 1 + 1 = 3).

What next

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